Antibodies to flowering-plant sperm

Protoplasma

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Southworth, D ^a   Kwiatkowski, S ^a   Smith, A R ^a   Sharpless, H ^a   Merwin, J ^a   Marusich, M F ^b  

^a SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica campestris; Fertilization; Generative cell; Monoclonal antibodies; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; EPITOPE; FERTILIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVUM; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERMATOZOON;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; ERUCA VESICARIA; GERBERA JAMESONII; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; NARCISSUS TAZELLA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033426995     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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